Canada Customs and Revenue Agency

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Canada Customs and Revenue Agency
Agence des douanes et du revenu du Canada
AbbreviationCCRA (French: ADRC)
Agency overview
Formed1 November 1999
Preceding agencies
Dissolved12 December 2003
Superseding agency Canada Revenue Agency and Canada Border Services Agency
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction Canada
Constituting instrument
  • Canada Customs and Revenue Agency Act
Website
http://www.ccra-adrc.gc.ca/

Canada Customs and Revenue Agency (CCRA; French : Agence des douanes et du revenu du Canada, ADRC) was a department of the government of Canada and existed from November 1, 1999 until December 12, 2003. It was created from the merging of Revenue Canada with Canada Customs. [1] [2]

The CCRA was subsequently split into the Canada Border Services Agency and Canada Revenue Agency. [1] [2]

During the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, QC, the department was called the Department of National Revenue Customs and Excise.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Sources of Federal Government and Employee Information." Canada Revenue Agency. Ottawa: Government of Canada. 9 July 2017.
  2. 1 2 Kagan, Julia. 9 April 2019. "Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)." Investopedia . US: Dotdash.